So, CATS and Modern Family's Cam are pretty much a match made in heaven--not only do they both have a flair for melodrama, they both happen to be the only two entities who take CATS really, really seriously.

You may detect a little bitterness there because in fifth grade, the other school got to go to New York and see CATS, and mine did not. The closest I ever got to seeing the show was doing my part in a "Memories" ballet recital number--which included, now that I think about it, oddly incongruent Rockettes costumes. Something got lost between concept and wardrobe there.

But anyway, I think we can all agree that CATS makes just as good of a punchline as it does a musical.

There's the iconic embarrassing-your-kid scene in Funny People:

The time Alf mistook theater for dinner:

And Family Guy's Peter ruining the show:

Also, I'm pretty sure this counts, right?

But last night's Modern Family topped 'em all. I could not handle Cam as Rum Tum Tugger:

And here's the best part, when the kitty got rescued from the tree:

Bahaha! Did you guys love/hate/love-hate CATS?

Photo: ABC

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Megan AngeloEntertainment writer. I love talking about TV so much, you'll eventually back slowly away from me at a party.